5: Moon Village 3

The sky gradually brightened, and it was already the second day.

Shi Yan had not encountered anything else after his encounter with the Blood Hand.

The difficulty of this sub-mission was not low; only because Shi Yan had his ability panel was he able to survive.

Any other ordinary person encountering a mission for the first time would not have been able to survive.

"If the mission difficulty for everyone is this high, then the pass rate should be very low."

"It seems I underestimated others a bit before." Shi Yan immediately adjusted his mindset.

Shi Yan was not yet invincible, and even if he was careless in this situation, there was a possibility of him being overturned.

However, the greater the risk, the greater the reward; as long as he killed those Level 3 individuals, Shi Yan's strength would rapidly increase.

Shi Yan opened his mission panel, and it showed the mission was completed.

Main Mission: Survive for three days.

Sub-mission: Only one person can stay in each room; survive in the room until dawn on the second day. (Completed)

The mission panel showed the sub-mission was completed.

"Was the mission completed so easily?"

After the sky was completely bright, Shi Yan pushed open the door and walked out of his room.

He turned his head to look at the surrounding rooms and found that everyone else had already come out.

Shi Yan surveyed his surroundings and found that most people were fine except for dark circles under their eyes, though Tian Miaomiao had a wound on her right leg bandaged with a bedsheet.

After Li Zhao counted the number of people, he found one person missing.

"Where is Wang Chengjin? Why hasn't he come out yet?" Li Zhao asked.

"He might already be dead," Chang Junxiang said calmly.

Hearing this, everyone quickly walked to the door of Wang Chengjin's room, and Li Yan went up and pushed open the door.

A strong stench of decay wafted out, and a dried corpse with all its blood gone lay on the bed in the room.

Shi Yan glanced at the corpse.

Unfortunately, there was no skill orb.

Tian Miaomiao covered her mouth with her hand, her face filled with fear.

If she hadn't taken a pill given by Wang Yang, she would very likely have met the same fate as Wang Chengjin.

The others were not surprised, as it was normal for ordinary people to die under such difficulty.

Chang Junxiang stepped forward and carefully inspected the body.

"The fatal wound is at the neck, and there are no signs of struggle or fight around it, so it seems he was killed in one strike.

The killer has the ability to absorb blood."

"The window was half open, so it seems it came in from here."

"This is very similar to what I encountered," Chang Junxiang said.

"Did everyone get attacked by that bloody arm yesterday?" Li Zhao asked with a serious expression.

"That's right, that bloody arm suddenly came through the gap in the window.

Luckily, I reacted quickly and dodged it, and I remember I had locked that window tightly!" Yan Jingni said with lingering fear.

"How did you get injured?"

Li Zhao asked Tian Miaomiao.

"Last night, I was so scared I didn't dare to sleep all night.

Then, in the latter half of the night, when I was very sleepy, I suddenly felt a pain in my right leg.

A red arm pierced through my thigh, and then I felt as if all the blood in my body was being sucked towards that spot.

The arm stopped as soon as it started sucking, and then it suddenly darted away.

I think it was because of Big Brother Wang's pill; thankfully, I had the pill Big Brother Wang gave me." Tian Miaomiao finished speaking and looked gratefully at Wang Yang.

Wang Yang smiled and nodded at her.

"It seems everyone encountered that bloody arm," Li Zhao concluded.

At this moment, the space panel suddenly popped up.

Main Mission: Survive for three days.

Sub-mission: Reach the village ancestral hall before dark.

The next mission was to go to the ancestral hall in the village.

Currently, no one knew where the ancestral hall was, so they finally decided to split up and look for clues.

The seven people were divided into two groups: Wang Yang, Tian Miaomiao, and Li Zhao in one group; Shi Yan, Li Zhao, and Sun Yan in another group.

Everyone walked along the small path, and finally, they got a clue from a very old person.

"Why do you want to go to the ancestral hall?" the old person asked.

The few people exchanged glances, and Li Zhao immediately stepped forward.

"Elder, we are all students; we just want to visit and make a record."

"Students, ah, students are good... the ancestral hall is right there." The old person pointed to an ancient-looking residence on the right.

After pointing the way, the old person fell into a daze.

Once Shi Yan and the others knew the way, they ignored the old person and returned along the same small path.

"I didn't expect to find out the location of the ancestral hall so easily; it seems the interior of the ancestral hall should be very dangerous," Li Zhao analyzed.

"Let's go meet up now.

It's getting late; let's finish the mission quickly," Sun Yan said.

Shi Yan just watched them quietly from the side, contemplating finding an opportunity to kill them.

After everyone reunited with the other team, they walked towards the ancestral hall.

A solemn and ancient courtyard appeared before everyone.

At the entrance of the courtyard, two stone lions with stone pearls in their mouths were placed on either side.

The main gate was carved with unknown rural deities.

Strangely, even though the ancestral hall was a very important place in the village, there was no one guarding the entrance, and there were no signs of locks on the door, as if anyone could enter freely, giving people an eerie feeling.

Everyone looked at each other, and no one dared to be the first to open the door.

"Who will open the door?" Chang Junxiang turned his head to look around, finally focusing on Shi Yan, Yan Jingni, and Tian Miaomiao.

Shi Yan noticed Chang Junxiang's gaze, and a strange curve appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Don't make it difficult for the newcomers.

I'll do it.

Even if I encounter any danger, I can escape in time." Li Zhao saw everything, shook his head, and finally took a step forward and said softly.

Wang Yang raised his eyebrows upon hearing this, and a hint of disdain appeared in his eyes as he looked at Li Zhao.

"If you want to help them, I certainly have no objection.

Please." Chang Junxiang slowly stepped back a few paces and made a gesture of invitation.

Li Zhao took a few steps forward, reached out, and slowly pushed open the main gate of the ancestral hall.

Everyone's gaze followed the open door inward.

The interior of the house was very large, with an incense table placed in the center of the room, and layers of memorial tablets behind the incense table.

After realizing there was no danger, everyone slowly entered.

Shi Yan slowly observed the surroundings.

On the incense table were some rice, fruits, and some meat, as well as an incense burner.

On the shelf behind the incense table were many spirit tablets.

Shi Yan walked to the back of the incense table, and on the wall behind it was a yellow talisman paper with red patterns.

Shi Yan reached out and lifted the talisman paper.

The moment he touched it, the system panel flashed out.

[Town Suppressing Talisman (Green)]

[Effect: Suppresses soul-type creatures below Level 10.]

Shi Yan didn't think much, because the spirit tablets on the surrounding shelves suddenly all began to shake, each flashing with red light, and clusters of black mist condensed in the dark corners of the ceiling.

Shi Yan realized something was wrong and immediately darted out of the house.

As soon as Shi Yan rushed out of the house, the door behind him suddenly slammed shut with a thud.